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Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw. <em>Feast Dish in Shape of Killer Whale</em>. Wood, pigment, 25 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 33 in. (65.4 × 36.8 × 83.8 cm) with dorsal fin. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1118.4a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1118.4_overall01.jpg)
Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw. Feast Dish in Shape of Killer Whale. Wood, pigment, 25 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 33 in. (65.4 × 36.8 × 83.8 cm) with dorsal fin. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1118.4a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1118.4_overall01.jpg)
Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw. <em>Feast Dish in Shape of Killer Whale</em>. Wood, pigment, 25 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 33 in. (65.4 × 36.8 × 83.8 cm) with dorsal fin. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1118.4a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1118.4_overall01.jpg)

Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw. Feast Dish in Shape of Killer Whale. Wood, pigment, 25 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 33 in. (65.4 × 36.8 × 83.8 cm) with dorsal fin. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1118.4a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1118.4_overall01.jpg)

Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw. <em>Feast Dish in Shape of Killer Whale</em>. Wood, pigment, 25 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 33 in. (65.4 × 36.8 × 83.8 cm) with dorsal fin. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1118.4a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1118.4_overall02.jpg)

Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw. Feast Dish in Shape of Killer Whale. Wood, pigment, 25 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 33 in. (65.4 × 36.8 × 83.8 cm) with dorsal fin. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1118.4a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1118.4_overall02.jpg)

Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw. <em>Feast Dish in Shape of Killer Whale</em>. Wood, pigment, 25 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 33 in. (65.4 × 36.8 × 83.8 cm) with dorsal fin. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1118.4a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1118.4_side_left.jpg)

Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw. Feast Dish in Shape of Killer Whale. Wood, pigment, 25 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 33 in. (65.4 × 36.8 × 83.8 cm) with dorsal fin. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1118.4a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1118.4_side_left.jpg)

Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw. <em>Feast Dish in Shape of Killer Whale</em>. Wood, pigment, 25 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 33 in. (65.4 × 36.8 × 83.8 cm) with dorsal fin. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1118.4a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1118.4_side_right.jpg)

Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw. Feast Dish in Shape of Killer Whale. Wood, pigment, 25 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 33 in. (65.4 × 36.8 × 83.8 cm) with dorsal fin. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1118.4a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1118.4_side_right.jpg)

Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw. <em>Feast Dish in Shape of Killer Whale</em>. Wood, pigment, 25 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 33 in. (65.4 × 36.8 × 83.8 cm) with dorsal fin. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1118.4a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1118.4_back.jpg)

Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw. Feast Dish in Shape of Killer Whale. Wood, pigment, 25 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 33 in. (65.4 × 36.8 × 83.8 cm) with dorsal fin. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1118.4a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1118.4_back.jpg)

Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw. <em>Feast Dish in Shape of Killer Whale</em>. Wood, pigment, 25 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 33 in. (65.4 × 36.8 × 83.8 cm) with dorsal fin. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1118.4a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X1118.4_bw_SL4.jpg)

Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw. Feast Dish in Shape of Killer Whale. Wood, pigment, 25 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 33 in. (65.4 × 36.8 × 83.8 cm) with dorsal fin. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1118.4a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X1118.4_bw_SL4.jpg)

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CULTURE Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw
MEDIUM Wood, pigment
DIMENSIONS 25 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 33 in. (65.4 × 36.8 × 83.8 cm) with dorsal fin  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER X1118.4a-b
CREDIT LINE Brooklyn Museum Collection
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CAPTION Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw. Feast Dish in Shape of Killer Whale. Wood, pigment, 25 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 33 in. (65.4 × 36.8 × 83.8 cm) with dorsal fin. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1118.4a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1118.4_overall01.jpg)
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Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw. <em>Feast Dish in Shape of Killer Whale</em>. Wood, pigment, 25 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 33 in. (65.4 × 36.8 × 83.8 cm) with dorsal fin. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1118.4a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1118.4_overall01.jpg)

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